John Boehner, comedian?

The speaker of the House, who is known in Washington as an affable man, has had quite the comedic week.

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On Wednesday, he ribbed a pair of reporters for the color of their shirts — one shot back with a comment about his perpetual orange hue.

And on Thursday, during a 10-minute news conference in the Capitol, Boehner really let loose.

One reporter — gearing up to ask a question about a newly released tax plan — accidentally called Boehner Mr. Camp, a reference to Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp of Michigan. Boehner responded: “it’s boner, boner.”

Washington’s most popular parlor game is guessing when the Ohio Republican will hang up his blue blazer and retire. He bought a condo in Florida and now he’s extraordinarily loose.

It’s almost the fifth anniversary of the tea party — the conservatives who swept Boehner to power — and the speaker let it be known he has no “gripe” with the tea party despite the havoc its members can create in the House.

“My gripe is with some Washington organizations who feel like they’ve gotta go raise money by beating up on me and others,” Boehner said, feeling free, once again, to slam the outside groups that have expressed displeasure with his governing.

Boehner’s Republican Party, not always known for its unity, dropped the ball this week on passing an extension of national flood insurance — a priority for coastal lawmakers. Asked about the splits in his party, Boehner cracked another knee-slapper.

“Splits? There are no splits in our party,” Boehner said.

For his encore, Boehner was asked about his party’s plan for replacing Obamacare — the health care law his party has spent three years running against.

“We have to remember, we’re the minority party here in Washington,” Boehner reminded the reporters in the Capitol. “We control the House, Democrats control the Senate, Democrats control the White House. So there is a certain amount of reality that we have to deal with — even though some days it doesn’t look that way.”

As he walked out, Boehner muttered to his staff that he was just telling the crowd the truth.